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Parliamentarians\u2019 proposals of pointless legislation are painting a negative i<\/strong>mage of Egypt,<\/strong> Ezzat El Kamhawy writes in Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. El Kamhawy draws a chuckle-worthy parallel between genetic engineering and whatever scientific disaster yielded our elected representatives before warning that such pointless bills only put the country at risk of becoming a banana republic.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve seen the fistfight in Macedonia\u2019s parliament <\/strong>(to cite but one recent example \u2014 watch it here<\/strong><\/a>), you know that we don\u2019t have the market cornered on parliamentary lunacy. But still, antics have a different flavor when they\u2019re coming from an Egyptian MP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parliamentarians\u2019 proposals of pointless legislation are painting a negative image of Egypt, Ezzat El Kamhawy writes in Al Masry Al Youm. El Kamhawy draws a chuckle-worthy parallel between genetic engineering and whatever scientific disaster yielded our elected representatives before warning that such pointless bills only put the country at risk of becoming a banana republic. 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